I Built a Networking Cheat Sheet Because Nothing Else Worked

About this episode

Tyler Woodward discusses creating a personalized networking cheat sheet to address knowledge gaps and improve efficiency in his work as a broadcast network engineer.

I finally stopped waiting for the “Ugly’s Electrical Reference” of networking and built my own. When you’re standing in front of a switch at 11 p.m. and you need the exact Cisco IOS command, a clean Wireshark filter, or a subnet answer right now, generic documentation and endless search results are a trap. I wanted something fast, narrow on purpose, and organized the way my brain actually works. I’m a broadcast network engineer who came up through audio, video, transmitters, and signal chains, then had to learn IP networking later while working alongside engineers who can recall protocols and configs from memory. So I vibe coded a locally hosted single-page web app: no logins, no cloud dependencies, just a dark-mode reference guide with categories, quick tools, and a search bar I can hit in under a second. It’s packed with the things I constantly look up: subnet math, common port numbers, OSI model in plain English, VLAN explanations with real config examples, Cisco command reminders, and broadcast-specific networking like PTP IEEE 1588 and AES67 troubleshooting notes. The twist is that the hardest part wasn’t the code, it was figuring out what I actually needed to know. Writing…

People in this episode

Host: Tyler Woodward

Topics covered

• networking
• technology
• personal development
• engineering
• software development

Keywords

• networking cheat sheet
• Cisco IOS command
• Wireshark filter
• subnet math
• OSI model
• VLAN explanations
• broadcast networking

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cisco, Wireshark, IEEE, AES67

Products: Ugly’s Electrical Reference

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